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2016-11-11: The History Mix: Leonard Cohen

I did not plan on writing today. But with the news of Leonard Cohen passing yesterday I’m turning to music and in doing so spending some time with Leonard Cohen’s work. And not only Cohen’s work, but also the work of other artists who were inspired by Cohen. Those who covered his songs, those who worked with him.

And I wanted to share a few places where U2 touched Cohen’s world. They...

2016-11-10: U2’s New Kiosk Collection for Portugal

A third country has now revealed they are doing a box set of U2 releases. In 2015 Spain released “The Kiosk Collection“ and earlier this year Italy introduced “The Italian Collection“. Starting today Portugal is releasing “The Kiosk Collection” as well. UPDATE: The first CD and box in the set are identical to the ones offered in 2015 in Spain, right down to the mention of “El Pais” on the...

2016-11-08: U2 on “A Very Special Christmas” White Vinyl Re-Release

Good news for those who like vinyl. U2 is appearing this month on a special re-release of “A Very Special Christmas”. This time the release is in limited white vinyl. U2 originally participated in the project back in 1987 with the recording of the song “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” for the project. Although the album has been released on vinyl before, this is a new limited pressing on...

2016-11-07: December release their cover of U2’s “I Fall Down”

Today marks the release of “I Fall Down,” a new single by the Scottish band December. The song is a cover of U2’s song of the same name, released in 1981 on the album October. December’s version is a gorgeous rendition of the song, and it has been released on iTunes throughout in many regions throughout the world. We’ve included a link to the iTunes purchase page on the UK version of iTunes,...

2016-11-07: New Vinyl Release: We’re A Happy Family on Coloured Vinyl

Sony Music has recently reissued the 2003 compilation We’re A Happy Family on two different coloured vinyl. The compilation, initially released on CD in February 2003, is a tribute album compiled by Rob Zombie paying tribute to the music of The Ramones. The CD was issued on Columbia Records, and featured U2 performing the song “Beat on the Brat.” The CD has never been released on any...

2016-11-06: Electric Burma Released for Streaming

Add another one to the recently released list.

“Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi” was recently released through Amazon and YouTube. On September 17, 2016, the title was added to YouTube, with the ability to rent to view, or to purchase for repeated viewing. On October 8, 2016, the concert was also made available for purchase or to stream through Amazon in the USA.

The full...

2016-11-06: Robbie Robertson Releases “Testimony”

Robbie Robertson is a solo musician, writer, member of The Band, and a member of the Order of Canada. And this month he is releasing his autobiography titled Testimony. The book is due for release on November 15 by Crown Archetype. And as a soundtrack to the novel, Universal Music on November 11 will release Testimony, an anthology of Robertson’s work spanning his career. If the title sounds...

2016-11-03: The History Mix: One Year Later

On November 3, 2015, after a furious couple of days uploading images and finishing some content, we finally went public with U2Songs.Com. It feels like we’ve been at it much longer but today is the one year point since we relaunched, and we have had an amazing year, so today we’re taking a moment to look back. Although celebrating a first birthday, it’s been 22 years now since we first...

2016-10-24: The History Mix: I Will Follow

“I Will Follow” was the first U2 single to be released worldwide, up until that point the band had just released singles in Europe. It was the bands first single in New Zealand, Australia, the United States and Canada. And its been released as a live single multiple times in the years since 1980. It is perhaps the single that has been released the most by U2 over the years and this time we...

2016-10-19: Shadows and Tall Trees: The Alternate Cover for Boy

An Interview with Sandy Porter, Artist and Photographer

In October of 1980, U2’s first album, Boy, was released in Europe. It featured an image of a shirtless young boy on the cover (six-year-old Peter Rowen, brother of Bono’s friend Guggi, who had also appeared on the sleeve of the Three EP). But when the time came to release Boy in North America in early 1981, there were concerns that...

2016-10-14: Blitz Working on U2 App.

Thanks to Shawn Rocco via The Last of the Rockstars, we can bring you news of an App that is being developed by a media company called Blitz, for U2.

The website for Blitz has been updated to read:

U2 asked BLITZ to create a flagship tablet experience for fans that was powerful enough to bring over three decades of music to life. BLITZ worked with an extensive assemblage of archivists,...

2016-10-10: The History Mix: Unearthed Treasures

Yesterday we posted a new entry to the discography for Geoffrey’s First Affair…, a Dublin based band that only released one single, and featured Larry Mullen on production duties. As part of the move over to u2songs.com from u2wanderer.org we have added a lot of new “recordings” into the list that U2 have worked on. Some new, some old. Items that have been discovered only recently, and...